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Much love to you, Drummer_Boy, I absolutely love what everyone has said!!! My love for God gets Richer and Deeper with every day that I live for Him... I remember back a ways-when I was hearing: Give your life to Jesus...and I was saying: Why should I? (but remember The Bible says: Isaiah 55:8-9 "For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways," says the Lord. "For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts. That's mainly why I needed a renewed mind in Romans 12:2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. I was saying my life is fine...I'm over here on this side of The Jordan and I'm doing ok-but in reality-I was a very kind-hearted person, didn't like all the yuk in the world-and as my signature states: I didn't have any answers-and the longer I "put off God" the more I walked in sin-the older I got the bigger my sins got...Having a little more understanding now...It was like I was saying...I don't know what is over on that other side and I'm scared and so it was like I was running from God...over and over...but because of my procastination and hard-headedness-I was forced to stop straddling the fence-almost leaving this world without Him ...and I jumped in with both feet over The Jordan To The Other Side...by faith-still not knowing but wanted to understand so bad!!! So I started out drinking the "The Milk" (The Bible is our spiritual food) of the Word...Some verses start out our "milk" and the longer we don't give up-but keep Seeking The Kingdom and His Righteousness-the more The Word will become our "meat"...I like steak better than hamburger anyway... And like Botz said...I bought myself a Strong's Concordance-that has the meaning of every Word in The Bible...as I understand it now though, there are some websites that give the meaning...so it would probably be a good idea to contact some on here that have been here a while and find out the websites they use to understand The Bible better. The Truth is: anything can run us off from God and His Word...the enemy comes to steal, kill and destroy...He can steal The Word From Our Heart if we let him-especially when we get our eyes off Jesus and back onto the world...It calls for us to get out God's Super Glue to help us stick, read and believe...and above all-there is nothing you can do any better (we don't earn it-it's by Grace) than what Jesus has already done...and if you had been the only person on earth at the time He went to The Cross-He would have gone just for you...I believe that with all my heart...We have an Awesome God that Loves us and also (I know some of us haven't had a loving father here on earth) but God is like the best Daddy...after awhile it's just like that...He gets onto us (sorry, I'm very Southern) He corrects us...He wonders if we can do certain things-and tries us out...There is just a whole lot to it...It's the adventure of a lifetime and for the ones that really really use that SuperGlue: The Words of The Bible are Alive and Come Alive in us!!! Oh my...Talk about a wonderful adventure and I want more only if God is in My life...I couldn't do this without Him!!! Much Love to you, Drummer...I'm praying for you too...To Know Him...

Hi everyone with love, This is so amazing to me...I've been thinking, praying, meditating, enduring etc. etc. on some things lately...and going back through when I was not a believer...and what that felt like...and then I've thought many times about how I was before I was a mama... Before I had a child...Literally, before I really, really had a child...(Hahaha...There was a time that in my mind-it might not happen, ever) And I walked around thinking I knew something about it all...watching all the having babies "tv shows" and that helped alot, I mean alot...Learning all I could...but having not experienced it-Flatly, come to find out I knew nothing about it...Nothing!!! So my conclusion is: Until I experience something-I really don't know all about it...I think I know a few things about it...Hoping I do-saying I do...but I really don't know...and the only way I can say this is because now I've experienced it... And it's the same thing with a relationship with God... My daughter was watching something on television and she said: Mama, you know that person doesn't really know because they haven't experienced it yet...I forgot what she was watching but her words just came alive in me...and revelation...My my... Still reflecting, praying, meditating, enduring til the end...Love ya'll...

Hi Waiting...I too am glad that you have any kind of a relationship with your ex-husband...and in your heart, it seems, that you want to know Truth that makes us free...I have experienced the same thing...that some people think that they can (get into Heaven by doing good works)-which is way different than the works that God has planned for us-for after we are saved...and as you have pointed out in the scripture we can not be saved by works...It's by God and His Grace-only...nothing we do ourselves can get us saved and on the straight and narrow path...what I have seen the clearest is for some, there is a verse that talks about they have a form of godliness but deny it's power...(God's ability to change us). For me, I thought that because I was a good person (I would not be honest with myself on things that I had done) but I thought that I would get into Heaven as I was partying and trying to drink myself to death... I've also observed that Catholics seem to believe a little different...but the fact remains: God is not limited in how He brings us To The Knowledge of Himself...He can use AA in the beginning, like He did with me...He can use anything and any way...because when He starts drawing us-He just puts this profound desire in us to Know Him...Hallallujah!!! I'll be praying that your ex-husband find The Way, The Truth and The Life-In Jesus Christ...Our Lord and Savior...Much Love to you In Him...

Greetings in Love Sister Kwik, It is A Beyond Wonderful Place to be in-In Christ!!! Freedom!!! And there are some that will accept us as we are...and Love us Anyway!!! Oh God...Thank You For Our Brothers and Sisters and Your Indwelling Love, Peace, Grace and Mercy That Passes All Understanding-In The Name of Jesus...

Ms. LadyKay...I am asking your permission to print out the underlined and hang it on my wall...Oh my...This is how I feel like Jesus feels like sometimes...Wow!!! That is so good... Why do things hit our hearts so profoundly...It's just God!!! Whew...

I couldn't agree more...We have to have help to overcome all that the desires of the flesh; the world and the pride of life have put in us already...that we were blind to. The indwelling Holy Spirit enables us to live the Christian Life...makes us new...enables us to see The Truth... God is so much deeper and better than what the world gives...The world gives temporary fixes-"on to the next thing that will hopefully make me happy". With Seeking God and His Righteousness; Joy is possible and lasting; if we don't faint and give up...and besides that I'm not searching anymore; running to and fro...Nope, Found The Way, The Truth and The Life...I Love You, Jesus...and Need You!!!

Whew...This one got me going!!! Yeah!!!

Whew...Yes, he Is!!! My my...

Greetings in Love Sister Kwik, The Lord is so good to us...and Loves us...and teaches us...and He never stops...we never arrive-so to speak...our season's also change if we are being led of The Lord...We can't hold so tightly on things that The Lord can't move in it... I'll be the first to admit-I'm very bold and outspoken now...exactly the opposite of who I was without Christ! And I'm loyal to a fault...If the ship I'm hanging onto starts to totter and then to sink-I'll do everything I know to do-ask questions-read the instruction manual-pray-and if all that fails-I'll hang onto that sinking ship until I drown...but I'm learning... This is just a medifore...not sure why I wrote that...will find out soon...sometimes I'm just preaching to myself...I've learned to go with it...I'll just leave His Spirit to Lead and Guide..My my... One of the best methods The Lord has led me into...knowing that He indwells me For His Glory...He will put words in my mouth...I have to trust Him to do that in every circumstance of my life...In every encounter...I know sometimes my flesh rises up...I'm not perfected just yet-but The Lord is with me working on it...and when my flesh does rise up-and I can recognize it...there is one verse that if The Lord could give me a right jab to get my attention-that's what He does because this verse for me is true every single time-and it hurts!!! My Bible is the New King James Version: Romans 2:1 Therefore you are inexcusable, O man, whoever you are who judge, for in whatever you judge another you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same things. For me...It's true everytime!!! So what has happened with me is that I've learned to give a very quiet word (a very Godly Word) to someone that is upsetting me...Number 1-it gets their attention...and I leave all results to God...all... See I know why I'm writing this to you...no, to myself...My season is changing...big time! Whew...My my...I am of no reputation...Save Christ and Him Crucified...Yep...I'm learning...and if this has no bearing whatsoever, just know I'm preaching to myself...Love you In Him, Kathy

My my...I love this video!!! It's bright...It's exciting!!! I Love Words...Good Words... What is so wonderful is that when I am going through one of these times and don't want to speak life...If I do anyway, all the time even in my house, these yukky times pass by faster! Thank you so much, Golden!!!

With One Mind in One Accord!!! Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It reminds me too of us Worshipping Our One True God in Heaven...In His Love and Light!!! Whew!!! How Great You Are, O God!!!

Greetings in Love, Everybody has answered so wonderfully!!! Seems like I just need to type this...When Herod had all the babies killed he was hoping beyond hope that he would in the slaughter do away with Our Jesus and so the Plan of God for Our Redemption would not have happened...(Yes...The Plan Prophesied for years and years and years...) it is important that God's Sovereignty and His Way Would Come to Pass...even Miraculously!!! even Impossibly!!! It just proves to me that He Is All Mighty God...

Greetings in Love, Amen to the above...and when I truly got close to God-drawing near...He straightened out my modesty factor...and set me free-I mean really free...Does that mean I walk around naked now? Does that mean I think it's ok to walk around naked right now in front of everybody? No...but I am in no way, any more, ashamed of my body and I'm in no way trying to have sex either by showing it...been set free from that too...Yeah... I think this point was brought up earlier...about how we can't help it if others lust...we can't...In the very beginning of my spiritual journey...I found out just how attractive it is to be reborn...it is...it's like that is what attracts people to people that have God...My my..but anyway I didn't understand all that at the time...It was like overload with the guys...so God gave me a dream because I was also hearing sermons about lust etc. and my my...I didn't want to have anything to do with causing that...so God showed me in a dream...The Truth...at least for me it was God's Truth for me...I was at the top of a tree...had been treed by hundreds of "wolves" and these "wolves" were not Godly men after me...they were the ones full of "lust" and not true "love"...so I got to grow up a little after that dream...it's amazing the journey God takes us on...He is powerful and wonderful...

Greetings in Love, I totally love the human body...God is Amazing How He Created us...And most of all-not in bondage any longer...I've lived on both sides of the fence...One side of the fence, totally, without Jesus, in the lust of my flesh; and on the other side of the fence, walking in The Spirit and not my flesh...Now I will say this...I've been pretty modest my whole life...didn't really see the need to show off my body...I was always told that I looked just as good coming as I did going...and that was fully clothed...Hahaha... Some would interpret this differently but as I see it and have experienced this: there is no gender in the Spirit...There is no lust of the human body while in the Spirit... Galatians 5:24-26 And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another. and Galations 3:27-28 says that if we've put on Christ...there is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female...for we are all one in Christ Jesus...Whew...It just takes care of all the envy, jealousy...etc. etc. He sets us free from all that! There are literally some people that will not speak to the opposite sex...for fear of their flesh...but anyway...Used to I could not trust myself either at all period...But I can now...I just want to grow In The Lord!!! Hallallujah!!! Love, NeedHim (That's my nickname, Hahaha)

I wonder if they will fight about 'Once doomed always doomed' vs 'Eternal doom' Huh...And instead of Walking Into The Light...The Darkness? Huh...Can't see too good in there... Seriously though, the choices we make are for eternity...eventually...

I forgot to say about now...Hahaha...Mainly lately I see myself kneeling and washing Jesus' Feet and I'm drying them with my hair...Yep, it's that long...For He Is My Lord and King...bringing prayers and supplications to Him...Sometimes I see The Father on The Throne and Jesus beside Him praying for us!!! Lord, Thank You That You Are As Near As A Prayer!!! Whew...And yes I get all into it...Oh Yes I Do...

Old Zimm...You just reminded me of the day that happened to me...The day when I knew that I knew that He Was Real Real Big...It was like God gave me a vision-like looking at the earth from His Perspective...all the planets and everything and looking at earth; all of us people were like ants we were that small...It was the day that He humbled me and He became my God...Whew...see there-brought it all back like yesterday...tears and all happening right now... And I've learned throughout the years that our imagination is to be used of God...however; it can be perverted like everything else though... Imagination was the only thing that got me through being relieved of the desires of my flesh...There were days that in my imagination I walked with Jesus under A Tree of Life...and we talked and walked together...and I gave Him all my desires...and He completely brought me out of carnal living...sanctified and changed...able to overcome...Whew... Much Love In Him, Kathy

I read an article today about it...I think the same one...anyway, they are already saying that some atheists are upset because this particular godless "church" is not even going to say they are atheist...and so it begins...different denominations of atheists...oh my

Hi everybody, We are empowered by God to live the Christian Life...and have been changed-"born again"-different-so that we don't desire sin anymore...However; we are in a flesh body...and the spirit and the flesh are at war with each other...so no matter how long...how well...etc. etc. we have been "born again" , or are "anointed" we are subject...we can let that "thought" come in...no matter who we are... Before God was in my life...I had no control...none...Even Carnal---I was not empowered to overcome my desires...If I wanted to I went for it with not another thought...I had no control whatsoever...and I can understand how and why "sexual" this and that is so prevalent in our society and why it is spoken of so so so much in The Bible...It is probably the strongest desire in our society!!! And the one that the enemy has most perverted!!! And it was the very last thing I gave Jesus!!! For me, right after I gave Him everything-leaving carnal living behind (Christian word for it-sanctification)...Another words, supernaturally God changed me...He took the desire for the world etc. etc. from me!!! He empowered me to overcome my desires...but He had to be involved...What happens is: God gave us this to be a very beautiful act, in my opinion, between a man and a woman, and to reproduce after our own kind...But without God, Who Helps us To Know The Way, The Truth and The Life...it is perverted and made a dirty thing...as can everything be... How do we forget that it is not anything of ourselves that helps ourselves...This Help and Hope We Seek Comes From The Lord...and Him alone...from those that have allowed Him access to their temple-because that is how we plant "seeds" and those seeds get watered because it is very possible that God will lead her to someone else (maybe even in Walmart, Hahaha, or Macy's for that matter and leads someone else to talk to her and Lo and Behold...The Spirit of God enters in and she is just shown the Light right there!!! God does the watering...and so we pray...because that is the only way we can communicate with God...and stand in the gap for someone that doesn't know Him, yet... Grace and Peace...Much Love In Him, Kathy

I didn't finish...Hahaha...Sometimes it does help if we tell someone something about what is going on with us...God has a way of helping it along...but mainly what I wanted to say was: I'm no political person; have no desire...but found out after God so happening to me...that I really thought to myself that it was possible!!! And I thought that Christians ought to be in our government big time... Seems to me like God had me typing an awful lot...and still does it seems...Hahaha Just to let you know this too...(I kinda did get political one time...no two times) I have written letters to well known figures in our country...and these letters were so inspired by God that they changed me!! There were things that came up over and over, like on the news etc., and well what do you know except I knew that I knew that I had to write the letters...and send them!!! And I did!!! If it didn't change them it sure changed me!!! PM me if you want to...I'm trying to not forget that I want to keep up with this forum...Hahaha...so I wrote it down this time...Not savvy with all this wonderful technology...yet Much love again In Him, Kathy

My my, LadyKay...Wow...Do I relate...I don't fit in anywhere...period...or maybe it's too much trouble for me to try to...anyway...I know when God happened to me; He happened...and eventually after much prayer and Seeking Him and What He Wanted me To Do...Well, He answered me!!! I'm just really super glad you brought this up!!! I need you, today...Yeah!!! Maybe I'll just get all this out and maybe some inspiration will come from it...I need a little inspiration myself!!! There is really a process, at least for me there is...but just some of the things He has given me to do is...The first one was like a letter...It started out a poem...I actually knew which person's He wanted me to hand it to...Then it was like He sat me down at the computer and it took 4 days to type out this paper with Words that I had been given...so now I can print them out from The Word Processor, cut them in the shape of a heart and hand them out to people no matter where I am...It came one day when the thought just wouldn't leave me alone...Write a little paper about How Much He Cares and Loves Us... This is how the relationship with Jesus works with me...He changed me...I mean big changed!!! I pray and praise and pray and praise some more to Him for Help and What He Wants On The Earth...He lets me know what it is...and the more faithful I am to do what He has given me to do-the more He will give me...am I perfect at it? No...Especially the one that I think will take more than one generation to complete...Hahaha...He can prove to us that just as it was in the days of old...He is the same today as He was yesterday...He is the same because He is Alive!!! Just as Moses was given what looked like an impossible job...Moses was faithful to start it...and just like Moses I have failed so many times...so I pick myself up again and begin again...Getting inspiration and Hope again in different places...(all Godly places, Hahaha) And now it is coming to pass something that started a very long time ago but is now happening!!! I am just in amazement but am finding that I am still not immune to these things coming under attack...The enemy does not like it when we do things for God...every distraction will occur...just to let you know...the thing is though that I have found...when this starts happening...it just means I am doing the right thing and because He will never leave me or forsake me...Well...I can get through anything!!! Took me like a very long time to make up my mind to not stop...I let those distractions etc. keep me from doing things for a very long time!!! Found out we can waste our lives away if we let it happen...OK, I'm so sorry...sometimes I won't shup up...Now I'll shut up...Much Love In Him, Kathy

Amen!!! In All Things I Will Praise Him!!! Whew...Oh Yes I Will!!!

Well sometimes we just have to do a hard thing...and that is to leave him in God's Capable Hands; trusting and praying...There is nothing that gets a person-that doesn't know God-interested any faster than ignoring them...I've learned that the hard way...See we try too hard sometimes... There was a time even before I knew God...I was so iiiiinnnnnn love with this guy (not saying this is what you are doing) but I wouldn't leave him alone!!! I also wanted to change him because he needed changing!!! Not anymore...I believe I give what God puts in me to give and that's it...Then it's up to them...I believe everybody I've prayed for has received the answer to their prayer and they have received the desire of their heart...I have to believe that the prayer I pray is answered when I pray it-see I believe all good things can happen!!! That's the way I pray...if I'm allowed to pray for them...I can't help it if all don't believe...I may not see or even find out about the results...I may not see the results for 6 months or a year...and then again, I may never ever ever see the results because the person won't accept that all things are possible with God... It's hard...but it's a fact...all I can do is what God gives me to do...it could be that God has someone else in mind that needs to help this person or that person...They need that blessing!!! So I'm happy with it...I have to be-I'm God's Child...Wonderfully and Beautifully Made...Healed and Made Whole...Loved...and Oh So Loved...Loved The Right Way...and so are you, Z... O Lord...Hold my friend in The Palm of Your Hand until they can find You...In The Name of Jesus, I pray... Much Love In Him, Kathy

This is what helped me and still does when I'm chasing my tail around and around...Going around that mountain yet again-it is for someone to tell me what they see, in love...and then tell me that what I need-to rectify the situation is still in Jesus...because it is...and then show me where...Sometimes God reveals things right away...sometimes it's not right away and we have to wait on it...which builds character and patience and it's a wonderful thing... I was plagued...whatever you want to call it...with insecurity, with shyness, etc. etc. my whole life until I met Jesus and then maturing a little in Him...You and I and everybody else in this world was wonderfully and beautifully made...some of us made wrong decisions (or right ones if they get us to God, in my humble opinion) and I will stop going around the same mountain over and over when I finally recognize that I'm going nowhere fast and finding myself ending up exactly where I started...Finding myself still not as I want to be in this department but at least there is Hope...and along the way God makes sure that someone or something is placed in my life that can tell me or show me The Truth...God is not limited in any way whatsoever...He can use the tiniest of things to show me and I thank Him everyday that when I need Him-He is there... It is an amazing thing because apparently I'm going through yet another learning period at this time...You know if we wait long enough God will reveal what the problem is...If we are having a problem...My problem is: I need about 10 of me to get everything done that needs doing...or either I need to let go of some things...but I'm not willing to let go of anything right now...Hahaha OK...I'm sensing that my solution to the problem is in this response...See I get to learn what God does through me too...That is so amazing to me...I give my life to God...He tries to use me to help others at times and I get the answers to something I'm going through too...Goodness...Sorry to ramble on but it's just part of it...sometimes I can step back from the problem and see the bigger picture... I heard a preacher talking about (you know we need to hear the word preached...) he was talking about this very thing: insecurity and a few more of the i's that don't have it!!! Like ignorant, immature, insecure, immoral and idle... And he was preaching on Hard Work!!! As far as I could tell his jumping off place was 2 Chronicles 15:1-7 My my...to some of us that is not a good word...Hard Work...who wants to do that??? But when we are idle we are opening one of those doors that let's the enemy in...My my...isn't he slick...huh...maybe being insecure (I don't believe God created us that way) insecurity to me is also being in fear...fear of everything...sounds like another slick trick of the enemy...huh...let's get her (talking about me) in fear then her faith in God flies out the window!!! Also he brought up 2 Thes. 3:6 But we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw from every brother who walks disorderly and not according to the tradition which he received from us. disorderly: Greek (814) ataktos irregularly ataktos signifies disorderly, with slackness, like soldiers not keeping rank 2 Thes. 3:6,11) There are other verses that correspond to 2 Thes. 3:6 But we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, (that you withdraw-Romans 16:17) (from every brother who walks-1 Cor. 5:1) (disorderly-1 Thess. 4:11) and not according to the tradition which he received from us. Some references and studying that I did talks about how Paul, oh, it was Acts 20:35...Thank You Lord!!! Acts 20:32-38 When I'm studying something I go all the way around the world and back in the Bible...Hahaha...This verse leads to that verse... This preacher I was watching went on to preach that the biggest curse to a woman is a lazy man...that if we don't work hard we are a target for the enemy and we can be taken advantage of...of insecurity he said that the enemy can manipulate our character if we aren't secure of who we are in God... This particular preacher has alot of neat sayings too...immoral people think they are immortal-we need to develop ourselves out of the devils grip-we were placed in earth to be a blessing and if we use our gifts for ourselves; we have bliss but if we use them for others; we have blessing-nothing more appealing to a woman than a hard working man...and last but not least of what I wrote down-The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary!!! This has sure helped me to see some things 2 Chronicles 15: 1-7 and beyond is just wonderful for the spirit to behold...as is the whole entire Bible... Much Love In Him...and isn't it something that the enemy can take something and we think the answer is somewhere else...it happens for me that way sometimes...